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Airmen have sprung into action to assist the people of Japan in the wake of the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northeast Japan March 11, 2011. Among the numerous activities, rescue helicopters and rescue and medical personnel and civil engineers from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa have shifted north to Yokota Air Base. Further, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft from Osan AB, South Korea, and an RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen AFB, Guam, are providing overhead imagery to help the rescue efforts. Here, an illustration showing the location of Air Force installations on and near Japan, and the epicenter of the earthquake and areas where the tsunami hit.